Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Grown-up Lambrusco that rocks

Please try this wine! It's really, really good.

I was wandering home from the Stokes tasting yesterday and popped into Marks & Spencer to pick up some treats for tea. I walked out with a bottle of this, an 'authentic' Lambrusco that Jo Ahearne MW deserves a medal for sourcing, and a box of mezes.

And yesterday evening I drank the said bottle of Lambrusco watching four back-to-back episodes of Gavin & Stacey. Tidy.

Autentico Reggiano Lambrusco NV Vino Frizzante, ItalyVery deep coloured - a bit like an Aussie Sparkling Shiraz in appearance. Sweet, grapey, dark cherry nose that manages to be sweet and savoury at the same time. The palate is vivid with high acidity and powerful dark cherry and bitter plum notes, with a bit of fizziness. Lovely stuff: this has to be good for you? 89/100 (£7.49 Marks & Spencer)

9 Comments:

urrrrrrrrrggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.Sorry Jamie but I could not imagine anything worse---a bottle of that and watching Gavin and Stacey!!Its great though that we all have different tastes in wine and TV--and soccer teams.ha ha

It would have been useful if they'd said whether it was secco or amabile - it sounds like it might be heading towards the off-dry amabile style? Dry Lambrusco (Secco) is typically a bit more challenging than Brachetto, but does transform magically with Antipasti. The difference between dry and off-dry is significant!

Also I presume with this label they're operating outside the DOC?Thanks for putting the producer on there - my usual bugbear with M&S as it's usually hidden in the fine print.

So some applause for stocking an interesting wine that we ought to buy much more of - but the applause is muted due to the lack of clarity in what they're selling.